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Ministry of Civil Aviation
Chandigarh International Airport named as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport
28th September 2022: On the Birth Anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Chandigarh International Airport named as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in a ceremony held at the airport today. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Finance Minister unveiled the plaque in presence of Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Hon’ble Governor, Haryana; Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Hon’ble Governor, Punjab & Administrator of Chandigarh; Shri Bhagwant Mann, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Punjab; Shri Dushyant Chautala, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Haryana and General  Vijay Kumar Singh, Hon’ble State for Road Transport & Highways and Civil Aviation, Smt. Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, Chandigarh, Shri Anil Vij, Minister of Home Affairs, Haryana Government.
During the naming ceremony, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Finance Minister said “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav today is reaching all corners of the country. Every time we see the faces of our worthy freedom fighters, their names on our public buildings, we remember the sacrifices done by their generations. We don't take our freedom for granted”.
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Hon’ble Governor, Haryana & Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Hon’ble Governor, Punjab expressed happiness on the occasion and said that Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s true devotion towards our Motherland will remain an inspiration forever.
While addressing the audience, General  Vijay Kumar Singh, Hon’ble State for Road Transport & Highways and Civil Aviation said that the naming of Chandigarh airport after Bhagat Singh by Hon’ble PM is a prestigious moment for the whole nation. Bhagat Singh is an inspiration for millions of youth of the country & this is a befitting tribute to his glorious memory.
Hon’ble Shri Bhagwant Mann, Chief Minister, Punjab thanked the Prime Minister and welcomed the decision of naming the Chandigarh airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh ji.
Hailing the Hon’ble PM’s move, Shri Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chief Minister, Haryana said that the young generation should draw inspiration from Bhagat Singh’s sacrifice and established values.
Chandigarh Airport belongs to the Indian Airforce . Chandigarh International Airport Limited, a Joint Venture of AAI, Punjab Govt. and Haryana Govt. maintains the civil enclave. Presently, the airport is connected to Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kangra, Kolkata, Kullu, Leh, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna Pune, Srinagar in the country. Internationally, the city is connected to Dubai and Sharjah.
The airport handled 17,936 international passengers and 2,271,233 domestic passengers in the year 2021-2022. In addition to this, the airport has also handled about 11000 MT of domestic air cargo in the F.Y. 2021-2022.
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during his monthly Mann Ki Baat Radio broadcast on 25th September 2022 had said that the Chandigarh airport will be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh as a tribute to the great freedom fighter and the speed of the government is visible in the fact that within three days of the announcement, the same stands achieved today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 199.60 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 6.66 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,99,60,25,975
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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6,66,75,380
More than 199.60 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 6.66 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Doordarshan, Kolkata’s News Bulletin Serves as Good Samaritan to Unite a Lost Boy to his Parents
Kolkata, September 17, 2019
Hats off to the regional news unit of Doordarshan Kolkata-DD Bangla. It helped a 13-year old lost boy who was mentally ill too, named Sahil Shaw to get re-united with his parents Kartick and Suman Shaw after Kartick, a driver of a multinational courier service from Ahiritola area of the city traced him, watching the news bulletin telecasted on 10 pm at DD Bangla, last Saturday .
Kartick Shaw, who was watching that bulletin at night identified his lost son who was among the inmates of a home for mentally unstable persons in Nadia named Nirmal Hriday run by Shri Moslem Munshi, an employee of State Sericulture department in that district’s Nakshipara area, contacted the sleuths of Anti Trafficking Wing of Lalbazar police Headquarters, who were probing the boy’s sudden disappearance since February 10, 2017. The sleuths in turn obtained detailed information from Doordarshan Kolkata’s news unit, particularly, from the correspondent who filed that story and got in touch with the home authority to trace Sahil.
On Sunday, i.e., September 15, 2019 Kartick and his wife rushed to Nakshipara and re-united with his son after long 19 months.
Kartick lodged a missing diary at Jorabagan police station of the city as soon as his son went missing. Later, the case was taken by Lalbazar’s Anti Human Trafficking Wing.
The Nadia District administration rescued Sahil last year from Karimpur and initially kept at a home there. Later, he was taken to Nirmal Hriday through District Child Welfare Committee.
Prime Minister's Office
PM appreciates Assam Governor, CM and the State Cabinet visiting three iconic places in Delhi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today lauded the gesture by the Assam Governor Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, Chief Minister Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Cabinet colleagues visiting three iconic places in Delhi- the National War Memorial, National Police Memorial and PM Sangrahalaya.
In reply to the Governor's tweet, Shri Narendra Modi tweeted :
"A great gesture by the Assam Governor @Gulab_kataria Ji, CM @himantabiswa Ji and Ministers of the Assam Government to visit three iconic places in Delhi- the National War Memorial, National Police Memorial and PM Sangrahalaya."
Ministry of Home Affairs
Census 2021
The Government decided to conduct Census 2021 under the Census Act, 1948 in two phases, viz.,  Houselisting & Housing Census during April-September, 2020 and  Population Enumeration during 9th to 28th February, 2021. It was also decided to update the National Population Register  under the Citizenship Act, 1955 along with the first phase of Census. Due to outbreak of Covid-19, the first phase of Census, updation of NPR and other related field activities have been postponed. Mobile Applications for collection of data and a Portal for management and monitoring of various Census related activities have been developed.
No technical assistance has been obtained from any international agency for conducting Census operations in the field; development of Census Questionnaires, Mobile applications and Census Management and Monitoring System  portal; etc. The role of international agencies is limited to support in development of publicity material and e-learning training modules by UNICEF, UN WOMEN and UNFPA.
Socio Economic and Caste Census  2011 was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development  and the then Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation  in rural and urban areas respectively. The SECC 2011 data excluding the caste data have been finalized and published by MoRD and HUPA. The Office of the Registrar General, India had provided logistics and technical support in conducting the SECC-2011. The raw caste data has been provided to the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment  for classification and categorization of the data. As informed by MoSJE, there is no proposal to release the caste data at this stage. The Census Schedules are designed in consultation with various stakeholders. In Census, the castes and tribes which are specifically notified as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the Constitution  Order 1950 and the Constitution  Order, 1950  are enumerated. The Union of India after independence, decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste wise population other than SCs and STs.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
Rs 95,380 crore gross GST Revenue collected in October
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of October, 2019 is ₹ 95,380 crore of which CGST is ₹ 17,582 crore, SGST is ₹ 23,674 crore, IGST is ₹ 46,517 crore  and Cess is ₹ 7,607 crore . The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of September up to 31st October, 2019 is 73.83 lakh.
The government has settled ₹ 20,642 crore to CGST and ₹ 13,971 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue earned by Central Government and the State Governments after regular settlement in the month of October, 2019 is ₹ 38,224 crore for CGST and ₹ 37,645 crore for the SGST.
The revenue during October, 2019 is declined by 5.29% in comparison to the revenue during October, 2018. However, during April-October, 2019 vis-à-vis 2018, the domestic component has shown 6.74% growth while the GST on imports has shown negative growth and the total collection has grown by 3.38%.
The chart shows trends in revenue during the current year.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Health Issues Related to Senior Citizens
In recognition of special health care needs of elderly and to provide dedicated health care facilities to the elderly population, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly  at various levels of primary, secondary and tertiary health care facilities.
Objective of the programme is to provide accessible, affordable, comprehensive and dedicated health care services to elderly population. The programme has been sanctioned for implementation in 713 districts of the country. In addition, for tertiary health care facilities, 19 Regional Geriatric Centres and 2 National Centres for Ageing have been sanctioned under the programme.
Other National Programmes such as programmes for control of Blindness, Deafness, Non-Communicable Diseases, Mental health and Oral health also provide health care services to elderly. Health being a State subject, financial and technical support under the National Programmes is provided to States/UTs through the National Health Mission and tertiary care components, based on proposals received from them.
Further, elderly health care services are also covered in the expanded range of services under Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres. Under the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which provides for health cover of Rs.5.00 lakh per family, to the poor and vulnerable families as per socio-economic caste census data, there is no restriction on age or family size and all members of the entitled family, including elderly, are covered.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has undertaken a Longitudinal Ageing Study in India  under the tertiary level activities of NPHCE to assess the health status of the elderly and to provide comprehensive longitudinal evidence base on health, economic, social and overall well-being of people aged 45 years and above in India. International Institute for Population Sciences , Mumbai, a Deemed University, has been appointed as a National Nodal Agency for conducting the LASI survey in the country. The Harvard School of Public Health  and the University of Southern California  are the collaborating institutions for providing technical support for the LASI. Draft report in respect of Wave-I of LASI has been received.
The Minister of State , Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Infrastructural Development in North Eastern Region
Union Minister of State  Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to question in Rajya Sabha today that during 2014-19, 231 km of New Line have been commissioned in the North Eastern Region. He said that 41 new Railway Stations were constructed on account of New Lines construction in North Eastern Region since 2014.
On the issue of roads, he said, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has constructed 3178 km of roads in NER during 2014-15 to 2018-19. During the same period, under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana , a total of 22,882 km of roads has been constructed, while 987 Km roads has been constructed by Border Roads Organisation .
Ministry of DoNER under North East Road Sector Development Scheme  and North East Road Sector Development Scheme  has completed 187.13 km roads in 5 projects.
Out of 96 projects of road and bridges sector sanctioned by Ministry of DoNER under NLCPR/NESIDS/Special Development Packages of Assam in the North Eastern States during the period 01.04.2014 to till date, 90 projects costing Rs. 2174.70 crore are ongoing and 6 projects costing Rs. 139.90 crore have been completed. NEC has completed 33 road projects during 2014-15 to 2018-19. Works for 20 roads projects at an estimated cost of Rs.1768 crore for 1075 Kms are ongoing.
Road construction in NER states is undertaken through schemes of Ministries/Departments which include SARDP-NE and Bharatmala Pariyojana of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  scheme of Ministry of Rural Development; and under various schemes of Ministry of DoNER and NEC. Besides, roads are also constructed in NER by Border Roads Organisation  under Ministry of Defence.
Ministry of Home Affairs
President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu presents three Padma Vibhushan, five Padma Bhushan and forty seven Padma Shri Awards for the year 2023 at the Second Investiture Ceremony
The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu presented three Padma Vibhushan, five Padma Bhushan and forty seven Padma Shri Awards for the year 2023 at the second Investiture Ceremony held with grandeur in Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan today. The First Investiture Ceremony was held on March 22, 2023.
Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Vice President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, other Ministers of the Union and dignitaries.
After the Investiture Ceremony, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah and other Union Ministers interacted with the Padma Awardees at a dinner hosted by the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Padma Awardees will pay homage at the National War Memorial tomorrow morning . They will also visit the Amrit Udyan and Rashtrapati Bhawan as well as the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Financial assistance provided to farmers for purchase of crop residue management machinery
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha informed that the Indian Agricultural Research Institute  has developed Pusa Decomposer, a microbial consortium of fungal species for rapid decomposition of paddy straw. Use of this consortium accelerates process of paddy straw decomposition in the field itself and paddy straw gets decomposed in 20-25 days after spraying. The bio-decomposer has been used on farm field areas prone to stubble burning and the State-wise area is given as Annexure-I.
For wide-spread application of bio-decomposer, provisions have been made to conduct large scale demonstrations on the farmers’ fields and the financial requirements towards these demonstrations may be met from the flexi funds being provided under the scheme. As the application of decomposer in the fields involves preparing and multiplying the formulation to a water soluble sprayable form in large quantities and then its application in the harvested fields through suitable sprayers, the implementing agencies  have been advised to engage service providers/custom hiring centres having adequate resources after following due procedure for engagement of such service providers, for the following broader tasks to be carried out:
- Identify the farmers and area for large scale application of bio-decomposer technology
- Geo-referencing of the identified area
- Procuring and making available bio-decomposer in required quantity
- Provide spraying services of the decomposer at scale through suitable sprayers
- Advising the farmers to follow irrigation and primary tillage operations for completing the protocol of decomposition.
- create awareness and ensure follow through on protocol for pre and post spraying operations
- Monitoring the fields through satellite and ground observations for decomposition of the crop residue and that the fields are not burnt by the farmers
- Reporting and documenting the entire demonstration programme and its outcome.
In the written reply it was stated that to support the efforts of the Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi to address air pollution caused due to stubble burning and to subsidize machinery required for management of crop residue, a Central Sector Scheme on Crop Residue Management has been implemented w.e.f. 2018-19. Under this scheme, financial assistance @ 50% is provided to the farmers for purchase of crop residue management machinery and @ 80% is provided to Cooperative Societies, FPOs and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres.
Annexure-I
State-wise area used for Bio-decomposer
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Sl. No.
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State
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Area 
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1.
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Punjab
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1870
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2.
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Haryana
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137600
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3.
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Uttar Pradesh
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603400
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ICAR
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2190.30
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Total
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745060.30
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Disclosure of compliance under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act in the Annual Reports of Private companies now made Mandatory: Ministry of Corporate Affairs amends the Companies  Rules, 2014.
“A major step towards making the workplace safe for the women in the private sector”: Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Non-disclosure to draw penal provisions
In order to ensure safe workplaces for Women in the private sector, the Ministry of Women and Child had requested Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs to mandate the disclosure regarding implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace  Act in the Directors Report of every company. Vide its notification dated 31.07.2018,the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies  Rules, 2014, issued under Section-134 of the Companies Act, by inserting clause as follows:-
- “A statement that the Company has complied with provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace  Act, 2013”.
While thanking Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi stated that, “this is a major step towards making the workplace safe for the women in the private sector”. Smt. Gandhi also stated that she will be requesting SEBI to suitably incorporate this disclosure in the Corporate Governance reports of the listed Companies. This will cast as ever higher responsibility on the Directors of these Companies for implementation of the Act.
It may be noted that Section-134 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides the disclosure framework which the Directors of every company are required to comply with in the Annual Reports. This section also includes the penal provisions for non-disclosure. The inclusion of the compliance under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act in the non-financial disclosures will ensure that the issue gets into the focus into Board of Directors of the companies
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been making continuous efforts to mainstream the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013. Detailed Rules under the Act were issued. It was ensured that all the ministries/ departments under the central government as well as the organizations working directly under them constitute the Internal Complaints Committee as mandated under them Act. A number of instructions have been issued by the DoPT on the request of the ministry to provide immediate relief to the women working in central government against sexual harassment at workplace. The ministry has also empanelled a number of entities who can provide training to any organization on effective implementation of the provisions of the Act. The ministry has provided a facility to all working women to file complaints under this Act directly with the ministry through the SHE-Box.
Please, click here, for the complete notification by the Ministry of Corporate affairs.
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President's Secretariat
President of India pays floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan today . Officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan also paid floral tributes in front of a portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Earlier this morning, the President visited Patel Chowk in New Delhi to lead the nation in paying floral tributes before the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Ministry of Home Affairs
US Ambassador to India calls on MoS  Shri Kiren Rijiju
Both sides resolve to jointly counter the threat of terrorism
The US Ambassador to India Mr. Kenneth I. Juster along with other officials of the Embassy called on Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju here in New Delhi today.
They reiterated the strong resolve of India and US to jointly counter the threats posed by terrorism to two of the world’s biggest democracies as well as the world peace.
In this regard, Mr. Kenneth Juster expressed his country’s keenness to continue the ongoing Homeland Security Dialogue between India and US for a concrete conclusion.
They also discussed measures to further strengthen Indo-US ties during the meeting.